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Re:fd0 not a block device

Paul,

Assuming you meant the error message I get when trying to upgrade to RH 8? I get it right after the video / monitor / mouse are properly probed, and just after I check the upgrade box.

If you meant when do I get it when Linux is booting? I get that just after where it wants to fsk if I've shut down abruptly, and it appears twice once right after /boot: clean and before enabling file system and again after loading random number generator and before loading APM daemon

adding modprobe floppy to the end of /etc/rc.local didn't change anything ;-(

Re:fd0 not a block device

hey ken,
1. remove the word auto from the entry in /etc/fsatb by the floppy drive and replace it with noauto. That should do it, it looks like it wnats to mount the floppy on bootup, if this ia what ya want let us know.

2. Lets make sure it is a valid block device - here is the entry for a valid block device i.e. my floppy drive.

Re:fd0 not a block device

hmmmmmmmmmm a log, huh? any clues where? I searched and found a few but none that seemed to be Psyche or RH 8 or RH or upgrade/install related.

as to media it is RH branded and I did a mediacheck on all three of them and all came up PASS

I also tried twice more today to upgrade and all attempts have resulted in stopping at same place, right after the Bluecurve banner comes up, and as it is ready to &quot;install&quot; glibc-common 202.93.5 Once I let it try for about 45 minutes in case I was getting too anxious and abandoned it too soon (nope)

Re:fd0 not a block device

Most odd indeed .... Okay, obviousl you have tried doing an upgrade -- how about a fresh install? I used my RH8 discs to do an upgrade from Null, and it worked pretty well. I cant see what could be causing the error ... lemme sit back and think some more. There has to be a good reason that an install would fail (or upgrade for that matter).